Anther - Each typical flower has six stamens attached at the base of the petals. Each stamen is comprised of two parts, a stalk (filament), and a two-lobed pollen sac called the anther. The pollen contains the sperm cells used to fertilize a daylily's ova.

Bud - A young and undeveloped leaf, flower or shoot; meristemic tissue enclosed by modified leaves; terminal and lateral buds.

Bract - A modified leaf found on a scape at an axil. The presence of a bract on the scape of a young plant may indicate that the plant has the potential for producing additional branching on new scapes in succeeding years.

Crown - The small white core located between leaves and roots, that is the modified stem of the daylily plant. Some crown tissue must be present for any daylily division to be viable.

Filament - Part of a stamen. Stalk-like structure attached to the base of a daylily's petals. At the end is the two-lobed anther containing the pollen.

Midrib - The principal lengthwise vein of a leaf or of a perianth segment (petals and sepals). On the perianth segments the midribs may be the same color as the segment or of a contrasting color.

Ovary - The central reproductive organ around which the other flower parts are arranged. Located at the base of the pistil; where the egg cells are formed and where the seeds develop. A long style extends from this and is swollen and flared at the tip to form the stigma, which receives the pollen.

Petal - Top three petaloids of a daylily flower that is not a double.

Pistil - The central female reproductive organ around which the other flower parts are arranged. At the base is the ovary, where the seeds develop. A long style extends from this. The tip is swollen and flared to form the stigma. The stigma receives the pollen

Pod - The fruit of the daylily in which seed develops and ripens. Technically, it is a "loculicidal capsule," meaning that its walls become dry and then split when the seeds are ripe as shown below. Pods form if the flower has been fertilized. If you deadhead your plants, they will not form pods.

Proliferation - A leafy shoot from a node or bract found on scapes of many cultivars. Proliferations may be rooted to form a plant (clone) identical to the mother plant. Small roots often form and occasionally a flower is produced while the proliferation is still on the scape.

Scape - A flower stalk without leaves. The daylily flower scape has no leaves except some modified leaves called bracts. The scape is the entire flower stalk above the crown.

Sepal - Bottom three segments of a daylily flower that is not a double.

Stamen - Each typical flower has six stamens attached at the base of the petals. Each stamen has a stalk called the filament that ends with a two-lobed anther filled with dust-like yellow pollen. The pollen is haploid and contains the sperm cells.

Stigma - Apex of long style that extends from ovary, where seeds develop, and that swells and flares at its tip to receive pollen.

Throat - 1.) The centermost inner section of a daylily bloom where the pistil and stamens join to the back of the bloom. 2.) Deep 'in' the flower is usually seen at least one different color, which sometimes greatly enhances the overall effect of a flower's bloom. An example would be a deep green throat on a red daylily, which enhances the 'redness' seen by a our eyes. 3.) The part of the bloom where the frogs, ants, earwigs and spiders hang out when you're photographing the flower.

Daylily dictionary